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Honestly darling, men really are better drivers

BRITAIN’S chief driving examiner has risked the wrath of the country’s women motorists by declaring that men are better drivers.

Robin Cummins, who oversees the driving tests of 1.5m learners each year as the chief instructor for the Driving Standards Agency, claims men display more natural ability. Not only are they better at control and manoeuvring, they also need less tuition.

Women need as much as 14 hours more tuition on average to pass their driving test and have a test pass rate of just 40%, six per cent behind men's at 46%.

While women take an average of 2.12 tests to pass, men need 1.87. “I’m not saying anything that isn’t in the figures,” says Cummins. “Of course there are plenty of women who are excellent drivers and plenty of men who are terrible, but overall it does seem to be that men can pick up the basic skills